War between Ukraine and Russia, while Moscow accuses NATO of obstructing negotiations with Kyiv, Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he is still ready to pledge with Russian President Vladimir Putin despite atrocities in Bucha, Mariupol and other cities to speak. According to reports from the BBC, citing Polish media, Zelenskyi said he was ready to meet Putin because in Russia “one person decides everything”. “If there is only one chance, we should talk,” he added.
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Lavrov
Sergey Lavrov, who said yesterday Russia is not at war with NATO, accused the United States and NATO countries of having “always considered Ukraine as one of the tools to contain Russia,” arguing that they Russian invasion of Ukraine “forced” Kyiv into a fictitious and wrong choice: either with the West or with Moscow”. In an interview with the official Chinese agency Xinhua, according to the transcript published on the Moscow Foreign Ministry website, Lavrov points points the finger at “NATO countries” by saying that “they are doing everything they can to prevent a ceasefire with Ukraine.” Russia is “in favor of continuing the talks, even if they are not going well”, negotiations which – he says – foresee the “lifting of sanctions” with the “draft of a possible treaty” that would be the subject of daily discussions between the delegations.
“In recent years – says the Russian foreign minister – the United States and its allies have done nothing to stop the intra-Ukrainian conflict.” “They “pumped” the Kiev regime with weapons” and “in general, carried out the politico-military development of the territory of Ukraine and promoted the aggressive anti-Russian course of the Kiev authorities”. For Lavorv, Russia had “no choice but to recognize the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics”, launch the “special military operation” and – he says – “now we are witnessing the manifestation of the classic ‘double standard’ and the hypocrisy of the ‘Western establishment “.
“By publicly demonstrating support for the Kiev regime, the NATO countries are doing everything they can to prevent the conclusion of the operation by concluding political agreements,” demands Lavrov, who speaks of arms deliveries. “Everything is done under the pretense of fighting the invasion, but in reality the US and EU intend to fight Russia “to the last Ukrainian,” he continues, arguing that if the US and NATO “really start are interested in solving the Ukraine crisis “must” stop supplying arms to Kyiv.
Zelensky
Zelenskyy said there was a “high risk” that the peace talks between Ukraine and Russia could come to a standstill because of the atrocities committed by Moscow’s armed forces. He received news of the discovery of another mass grave containing 900 people in Kyiv Oblast. Hundreds of civilians were killed in the region, and as reported by the Kyev Independent, Zelensky himself told Polish media that about 500,000 Ukrainians were illegally deported to Russia.
In a video posted to social media, Zelensky thanked “the United States, President Biden and Congress” for the support program for his country following “that which helped greatly in the fight against the Nazis during World War II.”
“I am sure that it will help Ukraine and the whole free world to overcome the ideological successors of the Nazis who started the war against us,” said Zelenskyy, explaining that the help is “concrete proof that the freedom can still defend itself against tyranny”.